crier
Americannoun
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criers
plural
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a person who cries.
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a court or town official who makes public announcements.
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a hawker.
noun
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a person or animal that cries
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(formerly) an official who made public announcements, esp in a town or court
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a person who shouts advertisements about the goods he is selling
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Etymology
Origin of crier
1250–1300; Middle English criere < Old French. See cry, -er 1
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He's like the Pied Piper or a town crier.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“I’m not a big crier, but I just lost it,” Rowell said of the moment he learned of the gift, calling it a validation of his and his team’s work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
“I’m a weird crier with movies. Like I won’t cry after I won the Super Bowl. I didn't cry when my kids were born,” he said.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025
If it’s any consolation, you’re not an ugly crier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
A goldtoothed bantamweight, Freddie was as much of a town crier as Southside had.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
Enlisting high cheekboned town criers isn’t the worst idea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Fox News: It’s been said you and June Allyson were the town criers of MGM.
From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2021
He had many criers on that damnable highway.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2018
The Times’ Jeffrey Fleishman writes that Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets are the town criers of our petulant, righteous age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2017
He found the criers with clarion voices and told them to muster the unshorn Akhaians in full assembly.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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